Northern Highlights are bringing a very current production to the Camden Fringe this year with Marathon for You. The show plays at the Hen and Chickens Theatre 18th - 20th August (tickets here) so I caught up with writer Laura England to find out about all things Marathon for You... Marathon for You is proudly... Continue Reading →
Monday 8th July 2019 at the Grand Opera House, York. ⭐️⭐️ Thriller Live commendably tries a different tack when it comes to celebrating its source material. Thanks to creator and executive director Adrian Grant, this is no jukebox musical with loose narrative thrown in. Nor is it a jukebox musical with a whackily entertaining plot... Continue Reading →
Saturday 6th July 2019 at the Young Vic, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Death of a Saleman is a hard-hitting and melancholy play. It entertains very little joy but hammers home plenty of gripping drama and it’s in this element that the play remains timeless in appeal. In fact, considering the frightening numbers bandied about on the subject... Continue Reading →
Monday 1st July 2019 at Harrogate’s Royal Hall (on the stage, in the round). ⭐️⭐️ Little Cog and ARC are delivering important work with Another England, written and directed by Vici Wreford-Sinnott. It’s a story centred on marginalised characters in a broken society who are reflections of real marginalised groups in our screamingly fractured society.... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 26th June 2019 at The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Director Nikolai Foster brings a ‘new’ Grease to audiences with this production. That is, he’s returning the story to its roots, pre-Hollywood and pre-shiny-Hollywood-friendly edits. So we’re back to the original, slightly grittier source with Book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs... Continue Reading →
Saturday 22nd June 2019 in Roundhay Park, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is quite frankly one of the best works in the English literary canon. With its tempestuous narrative and love to hate characters, it’s not only a gripping read but also a gorgeously crafted piece of fiction. Bringing such a work to the... Continue Reading →
Friday 21st June 2019 at Harrogate Theatre (Studio). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ We’re all fascinated by the backstage scene - we want to know about the hilarious shenanigans, the gripes and the bust-ups. Oh No It Isn’t! looks at both the scenes on stage and back stage, switching between the two for some fantastic quick-time comedy which bursts... Continue Reading →
Thursday 20th June 2019 at Harrogate Theatre (Studio). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Our mucky political waters have caused much controversy and consternation and in Three Mothers Matilda Velevitch offers a moving and reactionary piece of theatre which explores refugee experiences. When it comes to refugees, most have at least a vague awareness of large scale statistics; most know... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 18th June 2019 at Harrogate Theatre (Studio). ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Families. Love them or loathe them, they’re a complex muddle of individuals and it’s never too difficult to find frictions beneath the surface. In the case of Cody Daigle-Orians’ In the Bones, there’s not much digging to be done; the anguish of this family is evident... Continue Reading →
